Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 79 x 74 x 1/4 in. ( 200.7 x 188 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
White woven cotton coverlet with pattern of large diamonds and fringe on one side.
Object Number:
INV.14628
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
28779
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photograph of sailors /leaf design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/2 x 18 in. ( 44.4 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype printed on fabric with an image of sailors carrying guns above their heads, surrounded by photograms of leaves; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.82e
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photograph of woman w/sticks /fern design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 18 in. ( 43.2 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype printed on cotton pillowcase fragment with an image of a woman carrying a bundle of sticks and a child walking beside her, surrounded by photograms of ferns and leaves; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.83d
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28777
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile
Classification:
Date:
1837
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/4 x 17 in. ( 59.1 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk broadside with Andrew Jackson's "Farewell Address" printed in six columns in black on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Roger Butterfield
Object Number:
1965.8
Marks:
printed: all over: "THE/ FAREWELL ADDRESS/ of/ ANDREW JACKSON,/ TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES./ FELLOW CITIZENS/..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
28776
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
mid 1730s
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 3/4 x 20 in. ( 65.4 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Hand-brocaded silk textile fragment with leaf and floral embroidery in variegated silk floss.
Credit Line:
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Object Number:
1939.233
Gallery Label:
This piece of brocaded silk is from a gown worn by Jane Keteltas Beekman (1734-1817), the wife of the Honorable James Beekman of Mount Pleasant.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1730
eMuseum Object ID:
28775
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidery of Columbian World's Fair
Classification:
Date:
1893
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 7 in. ( 38.1 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular machine woven souvenir picture for the Columbian World's Fair in various colors of silk; at top center is the image of Columbus in an oval frame with a ship on it, held in the clouds by three cherubs, image of the exhibition site in center with female personification of America holding a flag on the left, and two American Indians on the right, American bald eagle holding crest and Chicago city emblem against a floral pattern, inscription across bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Alfred M.F. Kiddle
Object Number:
1940.35
Marks:
woven: bottom left: "JOHNSON, COWDIN & CO. / NEW YORK & PATERSON, N.J."
woven: bottom right: "J.J. JORDAN / DESIGNER."
woven: bottom center, on medallion under eagle: "CITY OF CHICAGO / DED 4th MARCH 1837"
woven: center bottom, beneath medallion: "
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
28774
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mariner's Compass quilt
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glazed cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 110 x 104 x 1/4 in. ( 279.4 x 264.2 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Glazed cotton roller-printed chintz patchwork quilt with Mariner's Compass pattern on floral printed blue glazed chintz ground divided by diagonal sashing of light brown cotton with pink and green floral pattern; circular, half-circular and quarter or fan design compass motifs composed of brown, tan, dark red, yellow, blue, pink and cream glazed cotton floral chintz printed pieces; bordered by white twill tape; white cotton backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary Chester Buchan
Object Number:
1960.54
Marks:
stenciled: on reverse: "WARWICK M. Co. [inverted] / A"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this quilt likely belonged to the Thomas Rich family of New York City, ancestors of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
28772
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Panel:
Classification:
Date:
1866-1891
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 9 in. ( 15.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Stevensgraph in black and olive green representing a horse race in progress, crowds, trees and four structures, inscribed "At Old Jerome."
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.318
Marks:
woven: bottom center: "AT OLD JEROME"
Gallery Label:
Financier Leonard Walter Jerome (1817-1891) was the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill. He opened the Jerome Park Racetrack with the American Jockey Club on the Bathgate estate in Fordham September 25, 1866. The track popularized sprint races and staged annual stakes events, beginning with the Belmont Stakes in 1867. The track closed in 1889 to make way for a reservoir, temporarily re-opening in 1891 for the races of the Monmouth Park (New Jersey) Racing Association.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
28771
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlework and watercolor of U.S.S. New Orleans
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Silk, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. ( 23.8 x 38.7 cm )
Description:
Embroidered picture in red, white, blue and black silk floss on painted satin; image of the protected cruiser U.S.S. New Orleans flying U.S. flag in center with inscription beneath in painted ocean setting; stitches include satin, straight, knots.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1942.372
Marks:
embroidered: bottom center: "U.S.S. NEW ORLEANS"
Gallery Label:
The U.S.S. New Orleans was purchased by the U.S. Navy March 16, 1898. The protected cruiser sailed May 17 for service in the Spanish-American War, joining the Flying Squadron off Santiago de Cuba. Through the summer New Orleans cruised on blockade between San Juan, Puerto Rico and Guantanomo Bay, Cuba, capturing a French blockade runner. She arrived in Philadelphia October 20th for the Peace Jubilee, then prepared to New York to launch peacetime service.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
28769
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Log cabin quilt
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 63 1/2 x 63 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 161.3 x 161.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Log cabin quilt with silk patchwork squares composed of horizontal and vertical strips; lights and darks arranged to form concentric diamonds ("Barn Raising" variation); with pale yellow silk ruffle on four sides.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John V. Irwin
Object Number:
1953.306
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this quilt, which was used as a table cover, was made by an ancestor of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28767
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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